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Top Pun's mission is to maximize prophets. Top Pun creates serious, funny, and seriously funny peace and justice designs which are available on your choice of products such as buttons, T-shirts, and bumper stickers. Top Pun blogs to highlight additional facets of his word artistry such as pun-filled poetry and funny political satire, free posters, as well as political actions of local and global importance -- and don't forget the noncommercial, public health radio show available online, Just for the Health of It . Top Pun's serious playfulness ever reminds us that justice is no yoke, and the pun is mightier than the sword!
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Tag Archives: Poems
POEM: From God Slips To My Years
Here is yet another poem about the experience of writing poems, or transcribing them from a muse. From God Slips To My Years In what manor May we discuss the whether A poet or a stenographer In plaque-able quest in … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems
Tagged Alliterate, Awe, Experience, God, Hope, Muse, Poems, Poet
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POEM: Winning The Stockholm Sin-drome
This is another in my series of poems on artificial intelligence. I suspect that the “wow factor” of some early AI uses will serve as a sucker punch for a largely bloodless beating. While I am skeptical of many AI … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged artificial intelligence, Competition, Crazy, Death, Environment, Fear, Humanity, Learning, Love, Money, Moral, Poems, Poor, Society, Sustainable, Technology, Work, Worship
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POEM: A Musing Clime
This poem is yet another playful tribute to the muse tossing down poems for the taking. This poem adopts some imagery from Jack and the Beanstalk, albeit a less scary take. A Musing Clime Do you believe In magical beings … Continue reading
POEM: A Thousand Poems A Go
This poem is another tip of the hat to the mystical muse that passes down poetry from on high. Poems often strike in the middle of the night or early morn. The hours are odd, but they are integral to … Continue reading
POEM: Did I Hear You Write?
This funny short poem takes particular advantage of how my punny writing is used to meditate on righting the whirled. My poems typically read silently differently than how they seem read out loud. This is a good example of my … Continue reading
POEM: Karma Cat -28,000 Poems
This poem toys with the notion of karma and reincarnation as a vehicle for moral evolution and sum sort of cosmic justice. This poem employs as a metaphor the relationship between a karmic cat living thousands of lives encountering uncounted … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Absurdity, Balance, Crude, Cruelty, Culture, Evolution, Forgiveness, Genius, Hate, Holy, Hope, Jesus, Justice, Karma, Life, Loss, Luck, Meaning, Mind, Moral, Mourning, Play, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Pop Culture, Skepticism, Society, Transcendent
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POEM: The Muse
This poem is about the muse striking when she sees fit, or knot. The pandemic was quiet a dry spell for my poetry, partly because my time and creative energies where engaged in my public health radio show. Still, I … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Health, Poems
Tagged Awe, Muse, Mystery, Poems, Poetry, Public Health, Time
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POEM: The Dog Edit My Homework
I have encountered many opportunities to attend writers workshops and such. The impulse for me to attend has never arose. My style of poetry is free — and writefully worth every penny! Thus, this poem: The Dog Edit My Homework … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems
Tagged Life, Poems, Poetry, Prose, Time, Vocation, Work
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POEM: A Litany For The Birds
A Litany For The Birds A first bird In early mourning Calls out the names Of each creature No longer in this realm this day A second bird In a coo of sorts Sings out the names Of each soul … Continue reading
POEM: Neighboring Accountability
Neighboring Accountability Several homes Down There is A child molester You can’t no For sure Buddies sow nice Too those knew Kids on the block How could you Warn up to him Surly there are other neighbors Axing the question … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Accountability, Awe, Children, Community, Compassion, Crime, Healing, Kids, Perspective, Poems, Poetry, Responsibility, Risk, sexual assault, Silence, Truth
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LOVE POEM: Stolen Goods
Stolen Goods In this world Of confusion and doubt I know one thing for sure You are a thief Having stolen my heart My chest emptied And never the less A living pray Bleeding hope From the whole in my … Continue reading
POEM: Dyslexic Write Wringer
Dyslexic Write Wringer In a whack and blight world Any dyslexic can tell you A right winger Is a white ringer Only as an adult did I realize that I am mildly dyslexic. I have to intentionally work every time … Continue reading
Posted in About Top Pun, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Dyslexia, Equality, Experience, Funny, Gift, Hate, Humor, Learning, Love, Meaning, Play, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Political, Politics, Power, Privilege, Racism, Relationships, Responsibility, Time, White Supremacy, Work
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POEM: That Clarity Amidst Blood
That Clarity Amidst Blood The tides of change are rising From a tsunami of tears The salt of the earth Uniting with water The solution that is life That clarity amidst blood And where souls hit the street Awash with … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Authenticity, Balance, Change, Community, Courage, Cowardice, Democracy, Dream, Enemies, Greed, Healing, Hypocrisy, Injustice, Justice, Life, Loss, Money, Poems, Poetry, Political, Power, Powers that be, Rage, Resistance, Revolution, Selfish, skin in the game, Solidarity, Status, Unity, Vanity
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POEM: God’s Tell
God’s Tell Is it just Another day Like any other Inner changeable Who could tell? And there I was Mining my own busyness When it came to pass God winked at me I timidly wavered back Yet setting off A … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Albert Schweitzer, Awe, Busyness, God, Journey, Justice, Nature, Play, Playfulness, Poems, Poetry, Solidarity, Work
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UNIMPEACHABLE POEM: When Conspiracy Makes a Perfect Call
When Conspiracy Makes a Perfect Call The Democrats made me Due it In the end only Tempted bribery In awe I did In competence My soul motive Buy partisan ship A condemn nation urned As just US done With all … Continue reading
Posted in News, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged anti-Trump, Awe, Conspiracy, Donald Trump, Impeachment, Joke, Partisan, Partisanship, Poems, Poetry, Political, Politics, President, Satire, Soul
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POEM: Goddest of Dreams
Goddest of Dreams One serendipitous night I stumbled up On a most glorious site An indescribable rite When mortals have only their dreams She would sow free Pluck stars from the sky Only to sprinkle them On waking heads And … Continue reading
POEM: BS Meters
BS Meters Sometimes you just No When the shit hits the fan Or weather the biggest ass round Goes Pompeii And you can’t even make out Your exquisitely crafted bullshit meter Turning out To be Essentially needle-less Butt as they … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Bullshit, Funny, Poems, Poetry, Political, Surreal
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POEM: Loyalty Oafs
Loyalty Oafs Loyalty oafs Would halve you Believe In idol vanity Sowing their wiled oaths AWOL keeping us a part With litmus tests In a whirled of acid And base Brands that burn And scar us In too submission Not … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings
Tagged Art, Bible, Christian, Compromise, Evil, God, Heart, Heaven, Impeachment, Jerusalem, Jesus, Law, Partisan, Poems, Poetry, Politics, Republican, Simplicity, Values, Vanity, Virtue
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POEM: Got Marxism?
Got Marxism? “Are you a Marxist?” he asked Well Yes and know I am More of a Groucho Marxist Than a Karl Marxist This funny little poem is a bit Zen in that turns a serious question into a playful … Continue reading
Posted in Funny Poems, Poems
Tagged Funny, Marxism, Poems, Poetry, Political, Questions, Short Poems, Zen
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